Dellen
[ˈdɛlən]
The verdict
“Dellen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,441 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,441
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Dorf in Grosbus, Luxemburg
Corpus desk
Index DE-dellen · Dellen · German
Dellen · rank #54,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,441
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH deftig
Nearest frequency peer: deftig (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Dellen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- deckeln
deckeln
45,562 corpus weight
- deftig
deftig
45,561 corpus weight
- Dellen
Dellen
45,560 corpus weight
- deutschnati…
deutschnationalen
45,559 corpus weight
- dezenten
dezenten
45,558 corpus weight
- digitalisie…
digitalisieren
45,557 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dellen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dellen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɛlən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dellen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dellen is uncommon German at frequency #54,441 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈdɛlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Dorf in Grosbus, Luxemburg".
Dellen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Dellen, spelled D-E-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Dorf in Grosbus, Luxemburg
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.